Public Morality and Liberal Society : Essays on Decency, Law, and Pornography Hardback
by Harry M. Clor
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The issue of public morality, so often at the center of heated debates about pornography, narcotics, public indecency, violent entertainment, "family values," et cetera, is at once a continuing reality and a persistent dilemma in our liberal society.
With Public Morality and Liberal Society, Harry M. Clor makes an important contribution to this perennial and intensely debated theme by considering how public morality can be justified in theory and accommodated in practice within a liberal society.
Clor develops his argument in five parts. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the various controversies and ambiguities about public morality in American life and public opinion.
In Chapter 2 Clor presents the case for a public standard of morality and defends it against the most persistent objections.
Chapter 3 covers some of the themes prominent in recent treatments of the subject of public morality, and Chapter 4 critically analyzes the two theoretically dominant liberal orientations of recent decades, the libertarian and egalitarian views.
In Chapter 5 Clor compares the traditional ethical indictment of pornography with the current feminist indictment.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:University of Notre Dame Press
- Publication Date:10/04/1996
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- ISBN:9780268038137
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:272 pages
- Publisher:University of Notre Dame Press
- Publication Date:10/04/1996
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- ISBN:9780268038137
